[Form 2b] Nursery Staff

Substitute Caregiver Position Description

RIVERMONT EPC NURSERY MINISTRY

Substitute Caregiver Position Description
POSITION INFORMATION
Title: Substitute Nursery Caregiver
Accountability: Reports to Nursery Supervisor
Hours Worked: As indicated by the Nursery Supervisor
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION
1. Serve as primary child caregiver in the assigned nursery.
2. Review and understand all Rivermont EPC nursery policies as outlined in the REPC Nursery
Ministry Guide. Ensure that all such policies and procedures are followed.
3. Provide guidance to the volunteer nursery helpers who serve throughout the sessions.
4. Communicate with staff, parents and children in a manner that builds unity within the church
community and that provides a safe environment for nursery children.
SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES
1. Report for work at the assigned hour and ensure that the nursery is ready for children.
2. Provide for the continuity of care throughout the morning, especially at transition times
between services, as children are being brought in and dismissed at the same time.
3. Attend to diaper changing, restroom care, and all other health and sanitation procedures
outlined in the Nursery Ministry Guide. (Volunteer Helpers are not permitted to carry out
diapering or restroom care.)
4. Personally greet all families and children entering the nursery in a warm and friendly manner,
providing any necessary assistance.
5. Notify the Nursery Supervisor if an assigned volunteer helper does not report to your nursery
room at the designated time for each session.
6. Provide general care for the children which includes:
a. Feeding
b. Changing diapers or tending to restroom needs
c. Maintaining a safe environment
d. Putting children down for rest
e. Holding, sitting with, and cheerfully interacting hands-on with the children by means of
play, stories, and games.
7. Should a child become upset and need their parent, use the pager system to contact the
parent. If necessary, notify the Nursery Supervisor for assistance.
8. Ensure that the nursery room is properly organized, cleaned, and sanitized prior to leaving.
9. For absences related to last-minute illness, notify the Nursery Supervisor no later than two
hours prior.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION
1. Must be at least 18 years old
2. Must have a satisfactory background check and reference check clearance
3. Must be physically able to handle children: lifting, carrying, and getting down to and up from
the floor
4. Should exhibit these characteristics:
a. Love for children
b. Understanding of the developmental needs of children and how to meet them
c. Be welcoming to newcomers, parents, and children
d. Be kind, considerate, patient, servant-minded, reliable, and flexible
e. Have strong relational skills
f. Be supportive of Christian beliefs

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